BIOS Firmware Engineer - Senior
📌Austin, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ contract
🧙♂️ senior
hybrid
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories, graphics processors, motherboard chip sets, and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.
Job Title: BIOS Firmware Engineer - Senior
Work Location: Austin, TX, 78728
Duration: 12 Months
Work Type: Contract
Job Type: Hybrid
Job Description
THE ROLE:
- AGESA BIOS team at Client is looking for a software/firmware developer to join the team and help develop pre-OS BIOS firmware and silicon initialization code.
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As part of the role, the BIOS engineer will work closely with other firmware developers and architects in designing and implementing X86 and/or RISC-V firmware that spans pre- and post-silicon for all Client business units.
- Passionate about firmware development on bare-metal or close to bare-metal environment.
- Need strong problem-solving skills, with a collaborative can-do attitude.
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Strong knowledge of computer architecture and low-level programming in C
- Developing, porting, debugging, and documenting core firmware support for configuration and enablement of various features, including PCI Express and related functionality, DRAM technologies (DDR4, DDR5), internal graphics, IO virtualization, SOC power management, etc., on Client Desktop, Mobile, and Enterprise SoCs
- Supporting emulation/simulation teams during pre-silicon phase to validate SOC hardware and firmware components.
- Working closely with hardware validation teams to verify and optimize performance of IP subsystems.
- Developing custom firmware features for internal and external customers.
- Engage with technical leads to understand firmware scope and work on implementation to meet schedules and milestones.
- Work with internal and external teams to ensure highest level of quality and satisfaction throughout firmware lifecycle.
- Must be well-organized, technically oriented, and a self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and coordinate activities with geographically distributed technical teams.
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Desire to work and succeed on fast-paced and highly dynamic environments
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Bachelor’s (required) or Master’s degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with at least 5-10 years of experience
- Development and support of multi-root PCI Express subsystems for Enterprise systems, including extensions such as Universal Backplane Management, Compute Express Link, hot-plug, etc.
- Strong background in computer architecture with familiarity in memory interleaving, system memory maps and NUMA domain concepts
- In-depth UEFI BIOS development experience with familiarity on at least one BIOS code base (AMI, Insyde or Phoenix BIOS)
- Familiarity with memory industry standards and technologies such as JEDEC, SPD Data, I2C/I3C, DDR4/5, LPDDR4/4x/5/5x UDIMM, RDIMM, LRDIMM, 3DS, ECC, Mode Registers, Self-Refresh, etc.
- Good understanding of firmware development cycle, integration, and verification/validation for pre-si and post-si for SoC designs.
- Expertise in low-level C programming & debugging for embedded systems.
- Ability to methodically root-cause complex failure mechanisms at the IP, subsystem and/or system level.
- Prior experience and/or exposure to testing platforms (Simulation and/or Emulation)
- Prior involvement in board, processor, or ASIC bring-up.
- Experience in hardware/software interfaces and debugging sophisticated issues in CPU and firmware using JTAG, source code debuggers and other tools.
- Experience with source control systems including git/github
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Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- UEFI background
- C programming
- BIOS/pre-OS silicon initialization
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EDKII
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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